Played just fine on an Intel Core 2 E8400 and a GTX 560 with 4GB of RAM. Plays even better since my overclock.

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Andrew said:Yesterday my Antec power supply died a spectacular, spark-throwing death. At this point, I don't know what else it might have killed as it blew. If I hadn't just ordered a new motherboard and RAM, I would probably just throw up my hands and swear of...

Ironically my antec 480w PSU died in early 2008 but friend the 5volt pins on my motherboard and ended up taking out my nvidia 6800GT in the process but it was really more my fault.

I had redone the thermal paste in the 6800 but hadn't order replacement pads for the video cards memory so that ended up stressing the system to the breaking point in 2008. I ended up getting a 550W SeaSonic PSU and a new motherboard board since m ram and other parts worked fine and i had a Backup video card.

The SeaSonic PSU is now running a quad core SLI system although it's two 9800GT SLI.

Panzer Panda said:Ok been a long time coming and I have to update my rig since I'm tired of either playing the lastest games on the lowest settings or not being able to play them at all.

I'd also recommend updating your dell system BIOS since it seems from the dell thread's i've read that people tend to have a problem to upgrade there CPU if the BIOS isn't 1.4.1

GTX460 you might as well upgrade to a GTX 560 1GB since you can get them for around $200 just make sure you get a SLI version if you plan on getting a 2nd video card (usually the exact same model for nvidia SLI so same GPU and memory size). It's a Good thing that system has a 750w power supply so you can upgrade it a little and do SLI since from what I've seen on the dell forums it's a SLI capable system but i would double check your motherboard by physically looking at it to make sure.

IF you're doing Graphics work besides gaming on that rig then yeah go 8GB but if you're not then you might as well stick with 4GB for a 64bit OS. If you're not running a 64bit OS then you might as well get 3GB since a 32bit OS is limited to 3.5 GB max and that depends on the motherboard and the extended range memory mapping.

I'd look at cost of a new system Vs upgrading your existing one also depending on what you decide to upgrade look at getting combo deals of whatever parts you want.

PS:

Straight Baby Thighs said:

Played just fine on an Intel Core 2 E8400 and a GTX 560 with 4GB of RAM. Plays even better since my overclock.

Are you running ULTRA settings though because that's what i stated.

Yeah Skyrim still scales well on lower requirement systems but if you're shooting for 1920x1080 and higher then 60FPS with everything turned on you'll probably need SLI GTX 570's or the AMD equivalent to go beyond that or that what it seems from this page at Tom's Hardware.

This is stuff I already have that I will use with the new RIG
I have a 24 inch monitor - Dell 2408 WFP (Digital)
Creative USB Fatality Surround Sound Headset
Some Creative 5.1 speakers (I can't remember what the model number is)

PS: I don't know why that stuff in the middle got bolded, so pay no attention to that.

Frito said:Since I can't find any of the others I'm making a new thread. (We should have a sticky at some point don't ya think?)

Here's my boggle. I have a mobo that's at least a year or two old. 8gigs of DDR2, Quad Core, Core 2 duo

Here's the Mothe...

I have almost the same motherboard, EP45-DS3R, and the PCI Express thing is a complete non-issue. Granted, while I don't play the latest games with the blingiest graphics, but I do have a Radeon 58xx in it, and it runs fine.

That said, the PCI Express support is a function of the Northbridge chipset, in your case, the Intel P35. That only looks to support PCI Express 1.1, whereas the P45 on my board does PCI Express 1.1 or 2.0. So if a motherboard spec listing omits the supported PCI Express version support, look it up by Northbridge chipset.

Straight Baby Thighs said:Yes. I am. And I was playing it on ultra before the overclock too.

A really good, in-depth guide to overclocking on the Core 2 quad and duals. Because motherboard manufacturers can't even explain half the settings in a BIOS in broken Engrish. Not sure how well it applies to the i3/i5/i7 series:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=47089

DOH! I had a compatibilty issue with my Cyberpower build. Seems my mobo didn't have a regular PCI slot to put my sound card in. The guy was saying that I had 7.1 sound with this mobo and that I didn't really need the soundcard. I thought about it for a moment, but decided to keep the soundcard and just switch mobos. Now my mobo is GigaByte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Intel Z68 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard. I don't know if it is going to make that much difference with this soundcard, but I figure if your gonna get a super powered RIG, why cheese out on the soundcard. You gotta go all the way and complete the fully operational Death Star.

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KingLewieXIV said:DOH! I had a compatibilty issue with my Cyberpower build. Seems my mobo didn't have a regular PCI slot to put my sound card in. The guy was saying that I had 7.1 sound with this mobo and that I didn't really need the soundcard. I thought about i...

Because dedicated soundcards really aren't necessary anymore.

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Dorothy Zbornak said:

Because dedicated soundcards really aren't necessary anymore.

Sorry but you're dead wrong. They are still necessary. I had to buy one just to play Arkham asylum because the sound would lag and just grind the game to a halt; I even bothered to look on their forums to see if other people had the same problem and they did and buying a sound made the problem go away.

I noticed a massive difference in the sound in term of volume and quality when i did have a sound card as well.

I'm still planning on getting one for proper blu-ray playback on my system but i guess I'm one of few who still care for audio on their PC.

Lewie if you still have slots left open on your system when you get it you could go for a PCI-E Sound card since they do make them for the PCI Express slot/bus IF you feel the need.

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WWNSX said:

Sorry but you're dead wrong. They are still necessary. I had to buy one just to play Arkham asylum because the sound would lag and just grind the game to a halt; I even bothered to look on their forums to see if other people had the same prob...

I have never had any issues whatsoever with lag, latency, quality or anything like that, so I just don't know. I haven't had a dedicated sound card since like, Windows 98, so I don't really get what the point is anymore. When I hear sounds out of my computer, I don't need to hear the guitarists fingers crack as he moves up and down the fretboard, just need to hear my music.

Speaking of Windows 98, jjust finished installing it in a VM on my Macbook pro.

So im looking to build a new rig for the first time a few years, the thing is I miss the days when processor names told you what they could do. So what is the current tech? Im looking to build a Desktop that will be used for general office stuff, media stream and video editing. I dont do a lot of PC gaming anymore so I dont think i need the real hardcore graphics stuff (which i hope will make this cheaper)

What should i be looking for?

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I was wondering if any of you gamers out there have used gaming mice (like the ones they have at Razor)? Also, if you have ever used the gaming mousepads? If you guys have used any of these, which ones? Did they make much difference in terms of gaming or comfort?

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Imaginos said:So im looking to build a new rig for the first time a few years, the thing is I miss the days when processor names told you what they could do. So what is the current tech? Im looking to build a Desktop that will be used for general office stuff, me...

Pretty much with the advent of Nvidia's CUDA and AMD and other manufactures pushing Open CLI for aiding Video rendering and other applications now means getting a shit tier card isn't a great idea if you're going to be multii purposing a machine.

Current Tech as far as PC's:
Old G5 Mac Pro's are at cheap ass prices and craigslist (saw a quad core for $350 today in my area)but they run the old PowerPC chips with MASSIVE heatsinks but are hardware limited to Final Cut Pro 6.

Intel is the way to go if you got the cash for the horse power of a i7 CPU; if not then a AMD Phenom II 1100T or maybe a newer AMD Bulldozerr 8 core would be lighter on your wallet and give you decent performance
if not a.

USB 3.0 or E-Sata for external drives is a must if you're going to be using external drives as backup as they provide pretty decent speeds for getting your work off and onto systems. USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0

Since you're not gaming I'd look into maybe a Dual Intel Xeon or AMD Workstation depending on your Video editing needs and which Video editing Suite you'd be using. If you're starting out then going cheap is okay but if you're editing and transcoding to a different format then I'd recommend a quad core or higher.

Well I got my new PC RIG now. Since, my other thread of PC Gaming/PC RIGs is destined to die, I guess I should just post in here. I'm very happy with the SSD. I didn't know if it would make any difference in surfing the web, but it does. Pages open up faster now. I haven't played any games on it yet. That will be today. I'm looking forward to playing stuff on ultimate settings, and playing some other les taxing games on very high FPS.

Well I'm wondering if I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing in terms of protecting my PC. I use Norton and the Norton INternet Security, and 360. I have a program that cleans up registry errors, and I use malwarebytes. Anything else I should be doing?

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KHAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!! said: I use Norton and the Norton INternet Security, and 360.

That's your problem. Norton is utter garbage. I use Eset NOD32, and it works just fine. In the past, I have used Microsoft Security Essentials which is actually very nice piece of software, and best of all, it's free.

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